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| - Duty Editor: Huw Griffith Tel: +852 2829 6211 -- TOP STORIES -- + China virus kills 9, 'could mutate' + Republicans, Democrats clash on impeachment + 737 MAX 'grounded until summer' + Weinstein trial to hear opening arguments + Pamela Anderson marries for the fifth time China-health-virus,WRAP BEIJING China warns that a SARS-like virus could mutate and spread further after it killed nine people, infected hundreds and reached other countries, as authorities scramble to contain the disease during the Lunar New Year travel season. 750 words 0700 GMT by Beiyi Seow. Picture. Video. Graphic. US-politics-impeachment,WRAP WASHINGTON Republicans and Democrats clash over witnesses in a first day of arguments that extend late into the night during President Donald Trump's trial for abuse of power. 750 words 0600 GMT by Paul Handley. Picture. Video. Graphic Already moved: Davos-summit-US-politics-Trump,SCENE US-aerospace-transport-Boeing,WRAP NEW YORK Boeing's troubled 737 MAX won't be cleared to fly until the summer, industry sources say, sending shares tumbling even as the aeronautical giant announces plans for the first flight of its much-delayed 777X this week. 550 words moved by Luc Olinga. File picture US-entertainment-abuse-trial-Weinstein NEW YORK Opening arguments in Harvey Weinstein's rape and sexual assault trial are due Wednesday, with the defense expected to detail "loving" emails between the once-mighty movie producer and his accusers. 500 words moved. File Picture Entertainment-US-film-Anderson,lead LOS ANGELES Former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson has tied the knot for a fifth time, this time to hairdresser-turned-Hollywood mogul Jon Peters, producer of the "Batman" films. 350 words moved -- CHINA VIRUS -- China-health-virus-Wuhan,lead BEIJING The Chinese city at the centre of a SARS-like virus outbreak has cancelled a major Lunar New Year event and urged people to stay away as it strives to contain a disease that has spread across the country. 550 words 0730 GMT by Patrick Baert. Picture. China-health-virus-politics,FOCUS BEIJING China's swift response to the emergence of a new virus has drawn praise from experts, almost 20 years after the government was criticised for covering up the outbreak of SARS. 700 words 0700 GMT by Eva Xiao HongKong China health virus economy,FOCUS HONG KONG The emergence of a SARS-like virus in China is the last thing Hong Kong's struggling economy needs, as the city reels from the twin storms of the global trade war and months of political unrest. 700 words moved by Yan Zhao and Jerome Taylor -- SPORT -- Tennis-AUS-Open,WRAP MELBOURNE Defending champion Naomi Osaka sets up a blockbuster with 15-year-old Coco Gauff, as Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams press their bids for history at the Australian Open. 500 words 0600 GMT by Talek Harris. Picture Tennis-AUS-Open-Sharapova,FOCUS MELBOURNE Maria Sharapova burst onto the scene as a supremely gifted teenager and won five Grand Slams before serving a drugs ban, but at age 32 a persistent injury has now thrown her turbulent career into grave doubt. 550 words moved by Peter Stebbings. Picture Oly-2020-Tokyo-quake-drill,FOCUS TOKYO It's 9:15 am on Sunday July 26 and excitement is building in Tokyo as the first swimming medals are up for grabs. Nearby, gymnastics superstar Simone Biles is warming up for her first appearance at the 2020 Olympics when a massive 7.3-magnitude earthquake rips through Tokyo Bay. 700 words moved by Richard Carter and Miwa Suzuki. Picture. Video Also moving: Oly-2020-Tokyo,CHRONO Oly-2020-Tokyo-JPN-Japan,FACTS -- Please see separate special advisory -- -- AMERICAS -- Venezuela-politics-Guaido,WRAP CARACAS Agents from Venezuela's Sebin intelligence service raid the offices of opposition leader Juan Guaido while he traveled in Europe, an opposition lawmaker says. 400 words moved. Picture. Video Brazil-disaster-mining-Vale,WRAP BELO HORIZONTE, Brazil Prosecutors in Brazil charged the ex-boss of mining giant Vale and 15 others with intentional homicide in a massive dam collapse that killed 270 people last year. 550 words moved by Douglas Magno, with Allison Jackson in Rio de Janeiro. File Picture. Video Also moved: Brazil-disaster-mining,SCENE Brazil-disaster-environment-mining-Vale,POINTS Entertainment-US-music-Grammy LOS ANGELES The ousted chief of the organization behind the Grammys files a complaint accusing the Recording Academy of putting her on leave after she raised concerns about sexual harassment, voting irregularites and other misconduct. 650 words moved by Jocelyne Zablit Panama-religion-sect,FOCUS ALTOS DEL TERRON, Panama Inhabitants of a remote village in Panama live in fear that murderous exorcists could be lurking in their midst after six children and a pregnant woman were sacrificed in a brutal religious ritual. 600 words moved by Juan Jose Rodriguez. Picture. Video -- EUROPE -- Greece-politics-gender-president ATHENS A trailblazing judge with particular expertise in environmental law and the constitution will become Greece's first female president. 600 words 0600 GMT by Chantal Valery and John Hadoulis. Also moving: Greece-politics-government-president,BACKGROUND Greece-politics-EU-gender,FACTS Britain-Brazil-Zimbabwe-Ireland-conservation-animal-trial,FOCUS LONDON Jeffrey Lendrum spent three decades living as the so-called "Pablo Escobar of eggs", smuggling the fragile shells from the nests of falcons and other birds of prey to wealthy international clients. 550 words moved by Charlotte Durand. Picture -- MIDDLE EAST -- Lebanon-politics-government,WRAP BEIRUT Lebanon ends a painful wait by unveiling a new cabinet line-up, but the government was promptly scorned by protesters and faces the Herculean task of saving a collapsing economy. 750 words moved by Tony Gamal-Gabriel. Picture. Video Also moved: Lebanon-politics,Q&A Syria-conflict,WRAP BEIRUT Russian air strikes kill at least 23 civilians in northwestern Syria, as renewed violence tightened the noose around the country's last major rebel-held bastion and deepened an already dire humanitarian crisis. 500 words moved by Bachir el-Khoury with Aaref Watad in Kfar Taal. Picture -- AFRICA -- Burkina-conflict,3rdlead OUAGADOUGOU Militants kill 36 civilians when they attacked villages in northern Burkina Faso, the government says, appealing for local volunteers to bolster its fight against jihadists. 500 words moved afp
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